Washing-machine



Mo deL A. J. MQKEE. WA$HING MACHINE.

No. 442,726. Patented Dec. 16, 1890;

ilNTTen STATES PATENT @TrTc'e.

ALFRED J. MCKEE, OF \VESTMORELAND, KANSAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,726, dated December16, 1890.

Application filed April 24:, 1890- Serial No. 349,401. (ModeL) To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED J. MCKEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Westmoreland, in the county of Pottawatomie, and in theState of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Compressed Air and\Vater ashing-Machine, of which the following is a specication.

A is a box twenty-one inches long, ten and a half inches wide, andseventeen inches deep. The length, width, and depth may beproportionately changed to make different sizes of machines.

B is a perforated false bottom.

O is a series of pounders, made of tin or other suitable material.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the entire machine. Fig. 2 is avertical section giving a view of the pounder when the exterior andinterior series are pressed together, also showing base of the insidecones of the pounder.

The perforated false bottom B may be placed from one-half to one inchfrom the bottom of box A to permit a free passage of air and waterthrough the clothes intothe space below said false bottom, and fromthence up into the clothes in the opposite end of box A, thus preparingthe clothes for another action of air and water through them.

The lid of box A supports a'slotted standard D, twelve inches high, twoinches wide, and one-half inch thick. ported within the slot of standardD, and is capable of being adjusted by means of nut F; A double lever G,by means of mortise through its center, is passed over standard D and isattached at its center to screw E. The links I I connect the lever Gwith the stems H H of the pounders C C, said stems passing through holesin the lid. (See Fig. l.)

O O are pounder-heads, consisting of two hollow concentric cones rigidlyconnected together by an inverted hollow cone, said series of conesbeing rigidly attached to the pounder-stems II II and to a horizontalplate (or pounder-top) also attached to the pounderstem, and looselyconnected to and fitting within said series of cones is a similarly-con-A screw E is sup structed series, the sides of said latter series ofcones being perforated. The pounders with their series of cones, whenset in motion by means of double lever G, are capable of fitting closeinto each other when pressed upon the clothes, (see Fig. 2,) therebycompressing the air inside of the cones and forcing it through theinside perforated cones upon the water over the clothes, compelling thewater to pass through them, and by a reciprocating movement thealternate action of compressed air and water is kept up until thecleansing is complete.

Loops K K permit theinside series of cones to drop down two inches whenascending to admit air, and also prevent them from dropping out of theoutside series of cones.

I am aware that pounders, false bottoms, pounder-stems with valve inend, levers, and coupling-links are old. I therefore do not claim themas my invention only so far as the novelty of the combination; but

\Vhat I claim as new is 1. Founder-heads consisting of two hollowconcentric cones rigidly connected together by an inverted hollow cone,said series of cones being rigidly attached to the pounderstems and to ahorizontal plate also attached to the pounder-ste'ms and looselyconnected to and fitting within said series of cones, and asimilarly-constructed series of cones, the sides of said latter seriesof cones being perforated, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a washing-machine, the lid thereof supporting the slotted standardD, a screw E, supported within the slot and capable of being adjusted bymeans of the nut- F, a double lever G, attached at its center to saidscrew, links I I, connecting the lever with the stems H II of thepounders C C, said stems passing through holes in the lid, allsubstantially as shown and described.

ALFRED J. MCKEE.

